In Delhi for the first time, Asia's largest philanthropy and impact investment network, AVPN, says that despite the region's 1,000+ billionaires, its biggest challenge is the lack of Asian money.
OPINION: At a time when anti-rights movements are growing stronger, why is social investment not yet kicking in at scale to help build a more sustainable LGBTQI movement?
A new framework from Social Investment Business and New Philanthropy Capital aims to help funders, policymakers and investors better understand what market infrastructure is required to grow the impact economy.
Will geopolitics push social enterprise to the bottom of the inbox? Will power be truly shared through devolution? Will progress made so far be forgotten? We asked leaders from across the impact community to share their perspective on the new PM.
Worsening ocean health, staff shortages in the marine industry, young people out of work – problems that add up to one obvious solution for Sea Ranger Service. The founder tells us why he resisted pressure to focus on just one issue.
From banking to politics, or economics to education, a “contrarian spirit” is one of the characteristics that shone through for Anna Patton, as she reflects on her exclusive interview with Muhammad Yunus.
Yunus the entrepreneur turned the banking system in Bangladesh on its head and made microfinance a global phenomenon. But Yunus the teacher has still got work to do. At 84 – and facing a possible prison sentence – there's no time to waste.
The UK’s most impressive social enterprises inspire optimism with solutions for people and planet, at our annual NatWest SE100 Awards ceremony in London.
In its last programme The School for Social Entrepreneurs supported 2,400 community business leaders who touched the lives of 2.1m people. Now there’s an opportunity to help hundreds more tackle the social and environmental issues on their doorstep.
The breadth and depth of social enterprise activity across the UK is being celebrated today with the launch of this year’s NatWest SE100 – the list of the UK’s top 100 social businesses.
Both France and the UK have a well-established impact community. While it can easily adapt to political change, it is harder to adapt to political chaos – but the social sector can play a key part to tackle the issues at its roots.
During the recent UK general election campaign, social economy leaders have stressed how, and why, any new government should partner with the impact sector to deliver on their pledges. Now that Labour is at the helm, what can we expect from them?
